Short dump with sort statement

[Former Member]

Hi All,

I have an internal table with 14,00000 records .Iam using sort statement on this internal table . Iam getting short dump as " loss of memory for external sort" . How can i avoid this dump?

[naveen1241]

if possible...declare it as a sorted table....so tht u need not sort it using SORT stmnt....

regards,

naveen.

[aris_hidalgo]

Hi,

As the post above, try to use SORTED tables so you can avoid the SORT statement.

Here is an example of using SORT statement and using SORTED tables:

Using SORT statement:

DATA: gt_vbak  type standard table of vbak, 
          wa_vbak like line of vbak.

select * 
from vbak
into table gt_vbak.

sort gt_vbak by vbeln ascending.

loop at gt_vbak into wa_vbak.
 write: / wa_vbak-vbeln.
endloop.

Using SORTED table:

data: gt_vbak type sorted table of vbak
        with unique-key vbeln,
        wa_vbak like line of gt_vbak.

select *
from vbak
into table gt_vbak.

loop at gt_vbak into wa_vbak.
 write: / wa_vbak-vbeln.
endloop.

Hope it helps...

P.S. Please award points if it helps...

[naveen1241]

otherwise declare a new sorted internal table of the same structure and assign the first table to sorted table....

ex:

DATA: it_tab TYPE TABLE OF ekko WITH HEADER LINE,

it_tabsort TYPE SORTED TABLE OF ekko WITH UNIQUE KEY ebeln.

SELECT * FROM ekko INTO TABLE it_tab.

it_tabsort[] = it_tab[].

it_tab[] = it_tabsort[]. "Assign back if necessary

hope this helps.....

this wud wrk in split of a second..as i had tried with 35000 odd records.....

Regards,

Naveen Natarajan